World English Bible
Proverbs 27:11
“Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 27
9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart; so does earnest counsel from a man's friend.
10
Don't forsake your friend and your father's friend. Don't go to your brother's house in the day of your disaster: better is a neighbor who is near than a distant brother.
11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, then I can answer my tormentor.
12
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
13
Take his garment when he puts up collateral for a stranger. Hold it for a wayward woman!